Royal response from Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Peter van Vollenhoven Jr. on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary.
Princess Margriet is the daughter of Princess Juliana (Queen of the Netherlands, 1948-1980) and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
Princess Margriet engagement to Peter van Vollenhoven Jr. was announced on 10th March 1965.
The couple married on 10th January 1967 at St James Church, The Hague.
The reply is in the form of a card with a picture of the van Vollenhoven family on the front and inside is a message in Dutch.
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For all the precious words and congratulations we have received in the past period, we would like to thank you very much on behalf of our sons and daughters-in-law.
We have hopefully appreciated the many expressions of interest. They are an incentive for us to face the future with joy.
We sincerely wish you and Yours a very good year.